THQ Auctions Remaining Assets

By Natalie Jarvey
Originally published April 22, 2013 at 2:35 p.m., updated April 23, 2013 at 9:46 a.m.

Bankrupt video game publisher THQ Inc. has sold off the remaining properties in its catalog.

Bids for the properties, which include the “Homeworld” PC franchise, were due April 15. The auction received 17 bids expected to bring in between $6 million and $7 million, according to court documents. Results of the sale are expected late Monday.

In addition to “Homeworld,” other properties for sale include first-person shooter “Red Faction” and adventure game “Darksiders.” Other owned and licensed software were also part of the auction.

Some bidders have already come forward with their results from the auction. Independent developer teamPixel gathered more than $60,000 to bid for “Homeworld” through crowdfunding sites Kickstarter and Indiegogo. But the St. Louis developer announced April 16 that it had been outbid.

The winning bidder appears to be Gearbox Software, a developer in Plano, Texas. Gearbox posted to its blog that it will acquire “Homeworld,” which was originally developed by THQ studio Relic.

“Brian Martel, Gearbox Software's chief creative officer, has great love and respect for Relic's brilliant, fun and innovative game and personally spearheaded the acquisition,” the company said in the post.